Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-28
October WaSSinGS,

Miss Minnie E. Strider, sister OF the
+, late Rev. DR.. j. L. Strider, and lately
resident OF Stanton. was married in the
Presby terrain church at Charlestown, w.
| Va, Oct. 10th. to Rev. W. K. Marshall.
young minister of the Baltimore Confer
ence of the M. E. Church, South. The
ministers officiating at the ceremony we're
Rev. DR.. Samuel Rogers. Presiding Elder
of the District, Rev. DR.. A. G. Hopkins,
the Presbyterian pastor, and Rev. W. G.
Egglestcn. of the Methodist church. Miss
| Nellie Strider, a sister of the bride was
the Maid of Honor, and Misses Anspaugh
and Williams of Lynchburg, the BRIDES
room-mates at the Augusta Female Semi
nary while she was pupil there, were
among those of her friends present. The
| bride was dressed in handsome gray
travelling suit, and she and her husband
drove directly to the depot after the cere-
mony and took the cars for an extensive
northern trip.
III Lovettsville, Loudoun county, on
| Thursday last, Mr.. Julius J. Prufer, a
former esteemed attache of the VINDICA-
TOR, and now one of the Job printing
| house firm of Stoneburner & Prufer in this
city, was married to Miss Eliza G. Moore,
| daughter of the late Edward Moore of
Richmond. The wedding was private.
only the friends Of the family being pres
ent, and took place at the parsonage Of
/ Rev. P. H. Miller, the Lutheran pastor,
! who is an uncle of the bride, and who per-
F.. formed the marriage ceremony assisted by
Rev. W. Ell. SettlemYer, late pastor Of the
Stanton Lutheran church. The ceremony
took place at A. NJ, under floral mar
! riage bell Of great beauty arranged by
| Mrs. Settlemyer. Mr.. and Mrs. Prufer
then left for the train, for Stanton, being
accompanied by Miss Emma E. Prufer, a
sister of the groom, and Miss Minnie Nc
Cauley of Salem. On reaching Staunton,
Thursday evening, they at once drove to
the new residence, No. 10 Frederick ST..
| just erected by the groom. Mrs. Prufer had
already many friends here. She is former
pupil of the Staunton Female Seminary
| and most accomplished musician. and
| during she revival meetings in the Luther
an church here, under DR.. Repass, pre-
sided at the organ.
I On Wednesday afternoon, at O'Clock,
| at the residence of the bride s mother near
the city, Mr.. Lowry Lewis. the
senior member of the large hardware firm
| of Burke i Lewis, was married to Miss
Bessie B. Harnsberger, daughter of the
late Robert s. Harnsberger of Augusta.
The marriage was private, only few ia
innate friends of the contracting parties
being present. After the ceremony, which
was performed by Rev. DR.. III. Fl. Halves,
of the Second Presbyterian church, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis drove to the G. & o.
depot where they took the cars for a
northern trip.
On last Wednesday morning, large
number of friends assembled at ST. Francis
, church to witness the marriage of Mr.. M.
A. Rowan of Lowmoor, Paymaster at the
| Lownioor mines, to Miss Teresa Scherer
! of this city. The ceremony was perform
+ ed by Rev. Father John McVerry, pastor.
| The attendants were Mr.. John Hayes of
I Lowmoor and Miss Rose Hilbert of Roam
oke; Mr.. Paul Donovan of Staunton Male
| Academy and Miss Beulah Wall of Wash
ington City; DR.. Eugene Rodgers Of Low
| moor and Miss Mary Wholey of Staunton.
| Among those present from distance
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Pearl, and Miss
I Laura Damewood, of Lowmoor. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rowan left on the $50 train on
| trip to the Northern cities.
| The PocahonGas Southwest Virginia.
Headlight" contains an account of the
marriage, at the Episcopal church there,
Oct. 18th, by Rev. Mr.. Dennis, of Mr.. G.
A. Shirley, from Augusta county, (and
Master of the coal mines at Pocahontas),
| to Mrs. Blanche Hansborough. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shirley were accompanied to the
I depot by a large concourse of friends.
| They reached Augusta in time for the
marriage of the groom's sister, Miss Mary
| E. Shirley to Mr.. Geo. II. Alexander,
which took place at the homestead, near
Waynesboro. on Wednesday last The
ceremony was performed by Rev. ]. A.
| Preston.
at ST. Francis church, on Tuesday af-
ternoon, Mr.. Jos. Snigo, the well-known
pioneer of the imported fruit speciality in
Staunton, was married to Miss Maggie
Hounihau, daughter of Mr.. Thomas Hou-
nihan-Rev. Father Kelley performed the
ceremony. The attendants were Misses
Annie Hounihan, Ella Moran and Nora
Fitzgerald, and Messrs. John Meade,
Thomas Hounihan and Michael Xviii
CHAN. The newly married couple drove
from the church to the home of the groom
in West End.